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AuthenticationFilter is a derived class of class Filter; it is used to pass authentication information between processes. The default implementation transmits the name of the principal (user name) to the server when the channel between the client and the server is first established.The default client authentication filter can be overridden by declaring a derived class of
AuthenticationFilter, providing new implementations of the filter points outRequestPreMarshal() and inRequestPreMarshal(), and then creating an instance of the derived class.
// Java
package IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA;
public class AuthenticationFilter extends
IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.Filter {
protected AuthenticationFilter();
}
CORBA.Filter
protected AuthenticationFilter();
AuthenticationFilter cannot be created: the constructor is protected to enforce this.